My baby's first word was... ( Archived) (44)

My 1st word was Daddy or something like that from what i have been told. But my parents have told me that my eldest brothers first word was "Bad Boy" Lol :P

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Mell & Deb, seems like I'm way behind. It seems like evolution has taken place since mama and dada. 'Bad boy', 'Elmo'? I'm sure these days we will hear babies saying 'facebook'.

It was "mamma" followed by 2 years of pretty much silence, (no babbling, nothing).

The second thing she said was, "Mammy, throw stone in river".

They're all different.

I agree dadda is easier to say than mamma, a high proportion of babies say dadda first, but its more a measure of developmental stages and cognitive changes than a gender war about who is the most important parent.

my first words were at three months- "milk hell! gimme beer!"

Are you saying that you know how to look after children better than their own parents?

You neither have enough information, nor the right to criticise.

If you want to discuss the consequences of children's educational television entertainment, or affectionate teasing then go ahead.

I can't say that my daughter was psychologically wounded from watching Teletubbies and I doubt my granddaughter Ella, will become emotionally disturbed because I call her Poo-Ella Deville.

Apologies, I'm not saying it in a bad way. I saying I had no idea babies could say more than mama and dada. Maybe my vocabulary is to narrow. I'm not critisizing but find it interesting that a small baby can just say a huge word first time. Apologies if you feel offended. Peace?

I'm all for peace and I'm sorry if I flew off the handle.

Have you ever seen the Tellytubbies?

A very large research team put a huge amount of effort into it and its structurally very clever.

There are four characters in it:

1. Po, the youngest has a single syllable name in line with a baby's propensity to say single syllables first. This is often called babbling, but its actually baby's first words.

2. Lala, two identical syllables like mamma and dadda. Some sounds are easier to say than others and this is to do with muscle development and muscle memory around the mouth. This is usually when adults start to recognise that their child has become verbal.

3. Dipsy, two different syllables. (Deblake's child either skipped straight to this stage, or his other words weren't comprehensible, or he practiced silently before saying "Elmo" out loud. It's also the "bad boy" stage, but the aliteration, that is two words beginning with the same sound, makes it easier to say in terms of muscle memory).

4. Tinky Winky, the eldest character has a name that is two syllables twice that rhyme.

Each stage is a progression and involves cognitive (stuff that develops and churns around in the brain including processing sight, hearing, memory, etc.) and physical development (like muscle development), but also includes perception (hearing, seeing, etc).

However, there are individual differences. Just like some babies crawl, some bum-shuffle and some just get up and walk, each child has different rates of learning in these areas and different ways of learning, in the same way that some people are linguistic, some mathematical and some artistic.

My daughter is dyslexic and I suspect a little dyspraxic. Talking and walking late is indicative of these learning differences. She's now 16, can't remember a list of instructions longer than two items, but can draw her own face from memory. She's also very intelligent and witty, its just that she learns and remembers things in a completely different way from the standard, or majority. That's why her verbal progression as a child was so unusual.

Albert Einstein didn't speak until he was 5 years old. His mother was told by a doctor that he would never amount to anything.

I hope I've explained that accurately, (I'm no expert) and clearly.